International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity (IFSO)

Overview:

Profession(s): Obesity Surgery
Member Type(s): Obesity Surgeons
Scope: International
Members: 500
Address: Medconnect, Strategic Association Management, Bruennsteinstr. 10 Munich, 81541, Germany
Website: www.ifso.com

Description:

The International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity is a federation composed of national associations of bariatric surgeons. Currently, 34 nations are officially members of IFSO. There are also individual members from countries that thus far have not formed a national association.

IFSO has been mainly a scientific organization, bringing together surgeons and allied health professionals, such as nurse practitioners, dieticians, nutritionists, psychologists, internists and anesthesiologists, involved in the treatment of morbidly obese patients, but in the upcoming years, IFSO will maintain and extend its roll in the challenge of bariatric surgery.